CPS & SAWS Updates
CPS Energy has reported that many, but not all, residents have had their power restored. However, since very cold & wet weather continues, conservation remains important to keep our energy system stable.
Around 6,000 customers are without power as of 8:15 p.m. These outages are primarily equipment related and CPS crews in the field continue to work hard to restore every customer.
San Antonio Water System today announced a bill relief program that will help all customers of the city-owned utility.
Effectively immediately, SAWS will charge customers "the lower of two amounts on their next bill: either the total current charges for the current month or last month’s current charges, whichever is lower."
Food Bank Distribution
In response to emergency food needs, the San Antonio Food Bank has organized several mobile distribution events. Residents in need of food can pre-register
here.
Details of the distributions are below:
Dates: Friday-Sunday (Feb. 19-21)
Time: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Where: San Antonio Food Bank main facility, with pre-check required beforehand at Camargo Park: 5738 Castroville Rd (78227)
Details: Serving 1,000 households (more than 5,000 individuals) with food & water
Date; Friday, Feb. 19
Time: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Where: NISD Gustafson Stadium: 7001 Culebra Rd (78238)
Details: Serving 2,000 households (more than 5,000 individuals) with food & water
Date: Friday, Feb. 19
Time: 2 - 4 p.m.
Where: Rackspace Technology: 1 Fanatical Pl (78218)
Details: Serving 2,000 households (more than 5,000 individuals) with food & water
Date: Saturday, Feb. 20
Time: 1 - 4 p.m.
Where: Harlandale ISD Memorial Stadium: 1109 Apollo St (78214)
Details: Serving 1,000 households (more than 5,000 individuals) with food & water
Date: Saturday, Feb. 20
Time: 9- 11 a.m.
Where: River City Church: 16765 Lookout Rd (78154)
Details: Serving 2,000 households (more than 5,000 individuals) with food & water
Food Deliveries for the Elderly
The San Antonio Police Department and San Antonio Food Bank have teamed up to deliver food to the elderly, disabled, and needy without transportation options. Call 311 to request a delivery. Road closures and conditions may affect delivery times.
Department of Human Services: Senior Center Meal Pickup & Delivery
Senior Centers: Curbside pickup and delivery of meals by the Department of Human Services is cancelled for this week. Meal distribution will resume on Monday, February 22nd, at its regularly scheduled time.
SAWS Sponsors Free Bulk Water Distribution
Beginning Friday, San Antonio Water System is opening seven water distribution locations across the city at its pump stations to provide customers with water.
Residents will need to bring their own clean containers such as jugs to fill with water. Customers will be allowed five gallons of water per person. As a precaution, the water should be boiled before drinking or used in cooking, mirroring the current boil water notice advisory for the city.
Friday’s hours will be 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. After that, the SAWS distribution sites’ operating hours will be 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. every day to assist customers still experiencing a loss of water service. The sites will be open until the water system is back to normal operating conditions.
Customers are asked to adhere to all COVID precautions such as wearing a mask and maintaining at least six feet of physical distance. Customers should expect that long wait lines are possible.
To further assist customers, the City of San Antonio will also be setting up separate bottled water distribution sites throughout the city, as well as the San Antonio Food Bank. More information on that program is coming soon.
To find a water distribution site closest to you, see below:
Pump Station Water Distribution Sites
- NACO (drive-thru) - 13655 O'Connor Road
- Seale - 254 Seale Road
- Mission - 615 E Theo Ave
- Maltsberger (drive-thru) - 8910 Jones Maltsberger
- University (drive-thru) - 7172 Hausman Road
- Seaworld - 10349 Military Dr. W.
- SE Booster (drive-thru) - 1208 S Loop 1604 W
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center Warming Center
The Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center will remain open through Friday as a Warming Center. The San Antonio Food Bank will provide meals. Call 311 for transportation assistance. People are encouraged to bring their own medicine, clothes, and necessary supplies.
Solid Waste Management Department
Beginning Friday, February 19th, garbage collections will resume in the following order – Tuesday garbage day routes will be collected first followed by the sequence of Wednesday garbage day collected next, and then Thursday collection day picked up after that. Garbage collections will continue through Saturday and possibly Sunday to catch up.
No recycling (blue cart) or organics (green cart) will be collected this week. Those services will resume next week on a normal schedule.
COVID-19 Vaccinations
As the City of San Antonio continues to monitor the local weather conditions, it has been decided to open the Alamodome for people who have a scheduled second dose COVID-19 vaccine appointment starting at 12:00 p.m. tomorrow. Current icy conditions are expected to improve in the morning. For those who have appointments scheduled before 12:00 p.m. tomorrow, they may arrive at the Alamodome at any time between 12:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
For more information, click
here.
Due to the continued freezing temperatures expected tomorrow morning and the timing of the vaccine's arrival, University Health COVID-19 Vaccine site at Wonderland of the Americas will be closed on Friday, February 19th. Those with appointments to get the vaccine on Friday will automatically be rescheduled.
For more information, click
here.
The WellMed Elvira Cisneros and Alicia Trevino Lopez vaccination clinics will remain closed this week due to severe winter weather conditions but will resume on Monday, February 22nd.
Patients who were scheduled to receive their second COVID-19 vaccinations this week at these clinics should return next week to their assigned location on the same day of the week to receive their shot. For example, if you were scheduled to receive your shot at 10 a.m. Wednesday, February 17th at the Lopez Center, you will go to the Lopez Center at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, February 24th.
For more information, click
here.
Report Price Gouging
Mayor Nirenberg and Judge Wolff amended the City of San Antonio and Bexar County Winter Weather Emergency Declaration to order that “no person shall sell any of the following goods and services for more than the regular retail price the person charged for the goods and services on February 11th, 2021, except where an increased retail price is the result of increased supplier or other costs":
- Groceries, beverages, toilet articles, and ice;
- Restaurant, cafeteria and boarding-house meals;
- Medicine, pharmaceutical and medical equipment, and supplies;
- Hotel rooms, motel rooms or any other temporary lodging available to the public;
- Gas and other fuels including propane and diesel.
Price gouging is illegal, and the Office of the Attorney General has the authority to prosecute any business that engages in price gouging after a disaster has been declared by the governor or president. Call 1-800-621-0508 or click
here.
